System for reception of coded signals



A 5, 1952 H. L. LESIGNE 2,606,243

SYSTEM FOR RECEPTION 0F CODED SIGNALS Original Filed Aug. 4, 1947 0000 0000 0 Cocoa oooo Patented Aug. 5, 1952 sYs'rEM FOR RECEPTION SIGNALS Henri Louis Lesigne, Vanves, France, assignor to Compagnie Industrielle dcs Telepl i ones, P a -is, Y

. France Original application August 4, 194:7, Serial No.

765,840. Divided and this application Decem ber 23, 1949, Serial No. 134,66l iInFrance 1'.

September 6, 1946 1 This application is a division from my copending application Serial No. 765,840, filed August 4, 1947 and now abandoned.

This invention relates to electrical signaling systems and has for its object to provide a'novel and improved system for the reception of coded signals.

Another object of the invention is to reduce the time required for the transmission of call signals or dialing impulses in a system of the above type. i l

Another object is to provide a signaling system of the type specifiedwhich may utilize any desired code and is particularly adapted for use in telephony:

Still another object is to facilitate the faithful reception of call signals or the like which may have undergone considerable distortion in trans- 1 mission. v f

Various other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of the invention is more fully disclosed.

In the course of establishing a telegraphic or telephonic communication, the ofiice which re: ceives a call number sent by a subscriber ofits zone may have to retransmit a number to a second distant exchange. 7

If the establishment of the communication involves transmitting to several intermediate exchanges, this second exchange must, in turn, retransmit the number received to a third exchange and so on. I

When the call numbers are sent and retransmitte-d, according to the usual method, in theform of dialin imp se the average time necessary for the retransmission of a digit is 900 milliseconds. If there are several successive retransmissions, the total time necessary for the transmission of a call number becomes important with regard to the duration of the communication proper, so that the circuits are badly utilized and their output is low.

- The present invention provides a system which avoids the foregoing disadvantages of the prior art and which, in particular, permits the use of any code, includingthose different from the international telegraph code, and more particularly adapted for use in telephony. It also per- 3 Claims. (01. ni -35s)v i I mits by means of a rapid analysis of the polarity of each characteristic period of the signals and the use of a pendulum relay, the correct reception of signals which have undergone considerable distortion.

The-device according to-the invention is characterized by the fact that it comprises, in'the V register, a pendulum relay, which marks the middles of the characteristic periods of different polarities, and successively controls, at these moments, registering relays each allotted to one of these characteristic periods, was to energize those which correspond to periods of negative polarity, for example, and to leave idle those which correspond to periods of positive polarity.

Although the novel features which are char acteristic of this invention are set forth more in detail in the claims appended hereto, the nature 'and's'cope of the invention may be better understood by referring 'tothe following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which certain specific embodiments have been set forth for purposes of illustration.

7 The drawing represents an embodiment according to a code more particularly adapted to telephony.

,This example is facilitate understanding of-the invention, but is in no way limiting; in particular, the use of any other-code based on the same principle will come within the scope of the invention.

In the following description certain specific terms are used for convenience in referring to the various details of the invention. Theseterms, however, are to be interpreted as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

Th'e drawing shows thecircuit for reception of signals in accordance with a code more particularly adapted to telephony.

The method of retransmission of the digits of the ,call number, is based on the start-stop principlejemployed in telegraphy, butwith'th'is difference that, instead of employing for the transmission of the signal characterizing a digit, sevenutime intervals of duration equal to 20 milliseconds, only six time intervals are used of duration equal to 50 milliseconds as follows:

lst interval, start 2nd interval 3rd interval 4th interval of the 5th interval 6th interval, stop Characteristic transmission digi 4 The total duration of the signal characterizing a digit is thus equal to 300 milliseconds.

*Current maybe sent or not sent-during each of the 2nd to 5th intervals, depending onthe digit transmitted I r I Current is always sent during the first interval given purely indicatively to 3 (start) and is never sent during the sixth interval (stop) The receiving device is composed of The transmission wire terminatesinll and. 32, on the second winding of. the pendulum relay V. The first winding of this latter has its circuit closed by the key A. When the device is in the normal position upon the key A being depressed, the pendulum relay V is energized and blocks the oscillating. reed.

As soon as the-start. isreceived the second.

winding, of. they pendulum relay acts in opposition to thefirstand causes the falling of, this.

relay. The adjustment is, such, that theunblockingxof the oscillating plate is efiected so, as

to-permit the establishment of the contact. IV exactly 25. milliseconds after the, appearance. of the start, i. e. -,..i'n" the, middle-of this; latter signal.

The-relay 3 is; energized;

Battery; l-Vi contact I'- or the arc a of the rotary switch R; upper 500 ohm winding of the relay 3, earth' by the key B.

The relay S-is'maintainedby its lower winding:-

Battery; 500 ohm resistance C, 45, 34; lower 1000 ohm winding, earth at key- B.

The receiving wire W is switched by 3-2 on to the cut-off circuit:

Receiving wire, 4!, 32 upper winding of the relay S2, across whose extremities a 2 mf; condenser is shunted I200 and'0-ohm resistances D- and E respectively, contact ISI, contact IV and battery. Further the relay 3- arms the electromagnet R: Battery R, 5|; 53 earth,

and maintains closed. the, circuit of the second winding of the pendulum relay. V: Battery,.secondiwinding of V; 3 I, 4'3; earth.

When the oscillating reed returns to its original position, the relay 5 is energized over 35 and 4-3 and opens at 5] the circuit of electromagnet R, causing therotary switch to advance to position 2.

At the moment when the oscillating reed e'stablishes the contactlV for the second time, i. e1,

in the middle of the time interval during which the first characteristic sign of a digit maybe transmitted, the 2 mf. condenser is connected to the battery at the same time that the circuit of SI is closed. The later, in being energized, opens the cut-off circuit. The time necessary for relay SI to open its contact is of. the. order of 0.6 millisecond. It is sufiicient for the condenser to be able toreceivethe chargeif. the receiving wire W was earthed, i. e., if arsi'gnal' was transmitted during this time interval. l'nthe latter assumption the condenser. is discharged through the upper winding of relay S2, which is maintained by its lower winding in series with the first marker. relay of the first. group, which isv the relay-I connected to the;contact 2 ofbank a. The relay 1- is energized and maintained by its own contact II. It thus short-circuits the: second winding of the relay S2 whichfalls back.

This arrangement means that the cut-ofi may be very rapid, since it is only limited by the time necessary for a 2 mf.-condenser to be charged; on the other-hand, despite. the speed of cuttingoff, the retransmission of the signal on the marker relay is made with complete certainty since it is the energization of marker-relay 1 itself which causes the release of the relay S2 by short circuiting its winding at H between the earth connected to its lower winding and the earth of key B.

It appears from. the above considerations that the role of condenser 2 m1. is only to impart to relay S2 an. operating time smaller than that of relay S1. Condenser 2 mf. could therefore be dispensed with if relay S2 were so designed as to have an operating time smaller than that of relay SI.

The operation above explained with respect to position 2 is repeated in. positions 3, I, and 5 of the. rotary switch, of which the advance is controlled by the. relay 5, itself controlled by the contact 2V.

The relays 8, 9, [0 presented successively in those positions mark currents, if any, which. are

received.

In position 5 of the rotary switch, the relay 4 is energized:

Battery. IV; ISI contacts 5 of the bank. 0, 500 ohm, lower winding ofv relay 4, earth by. the key B.

The relay 4* determines the end of reception of the signals. characterizing a. digit by opening its: contact 4|. It opens at 43 the circuit of. the second winding of the pendulum relay so that the latter; may be. re-armed. relay 4. is maintained by:

Battery, 500 ohm resistance C, 52, H, 500 ohm winding'of relay 4, earth by the key B.

At the same time, its second winding, is connected by M to the receiving wire.

The relay 3- falls back, its circuit being cut-off by. 45. When the contact 2V is re-established, the relay Sisre-energized:

BatteryJV, T 42, relay 5, earth by R 33, and causes the rotary switch to advanced; position 6. The relay} falls back when its holding-circuit or the 500 ohmwinding is cut-oft at 52 since no current is. sent over wire W during the sixth (stop) signal and. the other winding. of relay 4 is therefore not energized.

The relay 5. falls back after the relay 4. and the reception ofthe secondv digit may take place. The operation-is-renewed every six positions. By

employing; wrotary switch ofn 5 positions, it ispossible to. receive a call. number with 11 digits.

Iclaim:

1. In a deviceresponsive to coded signals com-- prising moments of equal duration, each of which is characterized by the flow or the absence' of current: a line over which the signals are transmitted; a battery having a first pole and a sec ond pole; a. pendulum having an energizing winding connected to said line, a vibrating blade connected with said. first pole and a. contact which. is closed bysaid vibrating bla'de'substanv tially at. the. middle of: each moment; a first relay having a winding and an armature; a connection between said armature and said contact; a connection between oneextremity of said windmg and said contact; a connection between the other extremity of said winding and said second pole; a second relay faster operating than said first-.- relay and having an. energizing winding, and.

said second relay, said registering relay being held in energized condition by said energizing winding.

HENRI LOUIS LESIGNE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Hartley et a1. Apr. 26, 1949 Number 

